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Code of Conduct

We want all Ocean Action Hub to have an exciting, friendly and safe experience. Accordingly, all site users and any contributions they make must comply with this Code of Conduct. By engaging with Ocean Action Hub you accept and agree to abide by this Code of Conduct.

Within this Code of Conduct, "contribution" means any material posted or uploaded to our websites by a member of the public, including any text, photographs, graphics, video or audio material.

General Rules:

Users must not:

Use Ocean Action Hub to send offensive or harassing material to other users;

Publish defamatory and/or knowingly false material about any person, other users or entities;

Your Contributions:

Must not plagiarize or violate copyright, database, trademark, trade secret, privacy, personal or proprietary rights of any kind. Therefore, users will generally need the explicit permission from copyright owners of any existing articles, news reports, music, video clips or other copyrighted material before posting them to the website.

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Must address development related topics. Contributions must not contain unsuitable or irrelevant website addresses or URLs. Links to pornography, commercial or other inappropriate content will be deleted.

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Must not misrepresent their origins. Contributions and/or user names may not be used to impersonate any other person, to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person, or to give the impression that they emanate from the UN when is not the case.

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Users who violate these rules and contribution guidelines will be sent a warning message by the Ocean Action Hub team identifying the issue at stake and notifying them of its removal. Users who repeat offenses after receiving warnings will be banned from the site.

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The Ocean Action Hub team will periodically revise the Code of Conduct from time to time by amending this page. Please visit this page regularly to ensure you are aware of any changes made as they are legally binding.

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The Seychelles commits to action to protect the ocean

31 May 2017 - The Government of the Seychelles has considered and approved the presentation of four voluntary commitments from the Seychelles to the Ocean Conference to be held in New York between 5th and 9th June 2017. The four commitments will be part of Seychelles’ strategy towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14): Life Below Water, which focuses on conservation and sustainable use of the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. The commitments include:

- Combatting polllution from plastic products - the Seychelles has already banned the import of plastic products, including shopping carrier bags, styrofoam boxes and utensils, etc., since January 2017, and commits to a ban on the use of plastic products by July 2017 and to establishing a waste sorting or recycling center on the main island of Mahe by January 2020.

About

The Ocean Action Hub is an open, interactive website providing information and promoting action globally to implement and achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14: Life below Water before 2020. The Hub was initiated to facilitate multi-stakeholder engagement as part of The Ocean Conference process, held in New York, 5 - 9 June 2017, co-hosted by Fiji and Sweden.